War Dog

Boneyard Dog, Book 1

De: Andrew Beery

Narrado por: Dave Cruse

Did you ever wake up wondering where you were…and perhaps equally important, how you got there? Yeah, me too. The only the thing is, it usually happens when I've been drinking…and I'd been dry for the better part of two years. I'm Commodore Jeremy David Riker…my friends call me JD or just plain “Dog.” I have the dubious honor of running a starship boneyard in the middle of nowhere.

©2018 Andrew Beery (P)2018 Andrew Beery

Fun Scifi

Summary: Jeremy Riker wakes up feeling like he must have had a really bad night. Turns out he’s been elected to save the galaxy.



Additional Comments:

- Aside from the main characters affiliation to his past job, the whole boneyard dog angle is kind of lost on me.

- The blurb is stylistic but tells the reader zip about the story. The only thing you get out of it is a sense for the writing style. It’s first person, lighthearted, and tongue-in-cheek for the most part. If that style works for you, you’ll probably enjoy it. If it ticks you off, avoid like a plague.

- Quite a few places have comments referencing future events. While an okay tactic to use once in a while, it got old very quickly.

- Content warnings: Nothing described but a lot of innuendo. I think there might be a curse word or two.

- Lacks a sense of closure. It’s very short for a scifi story, which isn’t necessarily bad. It falls into that series trap of “we won, or did we”?



Conclusion:

An intriguing start to a fun series. If you can get past the few annoying quirks, you’ll probably enjoy the tale.

Hey Dog, I hope you like poop sandwiches.

The headline was to grab your attention, in actuality the story is fine audiobook. The author could have fleshed this book out, therefore creating three, or more books. But it is a fine story as is. Narrator does a great job, and I will be looking into other stories he has narrated.

a fresh take less fluff

I was kind of put off that it was only 5 hrs long but after a few chapters in I knew why. it really takes all the fillers out in the story. I love details in a story but I don't need to know every jack and Jane thoughts on the battle. the story is told in a past tense kind of way while dropping hints of future issues. if this book had filler like 95% of other sci-fi book then it would be over 10 hrS but this book cut to the meat of the story. my only problem is the mc wife and how he buckle s under the old saying happy wife happy life. well I could not relate to him in this matter as I'm a very cut through the BS kind of guy and would not bend to the will of my wife like he does. also a small bit of religious stuff but as atheist I have no problem with it and it doesn't beat you over the head with it. my last thing I have to say is since I served in the us navy I can say that the amount of officers on a bridge is very small and most of them are manned by enlisted. also the enlisted are more knowledgeable than say a ensign or LT jg when it come to come or even steering the ship. I know they follow the star trek theme but that was always my pet peeve with the show. too many chiefs in one tent

"To boldly go..."

Commodore Jeremy Tyler wakes up with a splitting headache and one of those "Where am i ? " moments. When he and his wife had seoerated, her father, the Admiral, had reassigned him to command of the Boneyatd, the graveyard where derelict spaceships to go die. Many, many spaceships. So many, that an alien in search of a warrior to fight for the survival of the galactic order, he is seen as the officer in charge of the greatest number of warships and clones him! And his wife. I

Although this is a full on military, battling science fiction story, it is also full of humour, especially in the earlier part of the.book. Told in the first person by Tylor himself, his fondness for Star Trek shines through in his commands to his crew. Some tidying up editorially here and there would improve the quality and resolve missed opportunities like the fears of a saboteur aboard ship. The character development is fairly shallow but perfectly adequate for the story. And the interplay between J.D. and the aliens is fun. One comment which I personally appreciated was, when told about the near genocide of an alien race, the commander comments on their decimation, only to be told that was not so. With decimation, only one tenth of their population would have died. Their loss was almost 100%. How refreshing to not only have that word used correctly for a change but also for one character to even reprimand another when using it incorrectly (especially when it was the alien to the eartbman!)

Narration was by David Cruse. He carried the text well, with good pacing, modulation and just the right amount of slick amused investment in the text to fully fit the character. Good individual voicing for every ptotagonist, too. A fine performance which made the book even more enjoyable.

I received War Dog at my request, as a complimentary copy, from Free Audiobook Codes, and would like to thank the rights holder for making it available for anyone who wants to freely download. I very much enjoyed the earlier parts, not so much the battles that ensue, though even they are not overly prolonged and have their special moments. As an easy to read, non taxing, fun science fiction book with some curious characters, I would definitely recommend this book, and I'm looking forward to the second in the Boneyard Dog saga.

well done

nice cliffhanger, now I am searching for the next book. I really enjoyed the writing style good character building and making me feel like I know them.